Vintage boots. Need help to id.

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Old-Salt

Ok fellow ARRSErs, who can tell me whether there were issue or not? Ned Senior reckons that he had them while he was with the Royal West African Frontier Force in 46-49 (ish). He certainly used them in the TA and later as a cadet detatchment commander in the 50s and 60s. He is now 91 but was still using them for gardening as recently as 3 years ago. They have been evicted from his garage and I have been tasked to “get rid of them”. It goes against the grain to ditch them and I sense that they might appeal to some reenactor type. They need a touch of polish but are basically sound.

LE

I'm no expert but they look rather like US WW2 army issue* - the Septics would have had zillions of the feckers to get rid of, after 1945. That said, the GI boot didn't have heavy cleated soles, but any decent cobbler could stitch a commando sole to a goodyear welted boot when the original rubber sole was worn through.

P.S. Please confirm that your photography is shiite, and it's not my eyesight making them look all fuzzy round the edges.
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* Although they could be a tad on the tall side - difficult to know without seeing them with their pilot aboard.

War Hero

Officer's field boots with double buckle integral gaiters and apron- fronted uppers. An ordnance pattern available for sale from RAOC officer's clothing shops, it was introduced in the mid- war period but was never particularly popular.

Old-Salt

Thanks all. Getting closer I think. Ned Senior was indeed a young Rupert and they might well have been officer purchase. However, he also had some dodgy mates who were big into shifting both US and Canadian kit post WW2. One of them made a very decent packet having bought dozens of Willys Jeeps.

@Stonker - Yes, gash photo, not your eyesight. Better photo to follow later when I have found the time to polish them.

Various. Yes, re-soled at least once. Most recently in the late 70s/early 80s. Now sporting Itshide commando soles.

Officer's field boots with double buckle integral gaiters and apron- fronted uppers. An ordnance pattern available for sale from RAOC officer's clothing shops, it was introduced in the mid- war period but was never particularly popular.

LE

May I observe that these are Ordnance Officers boots, and were intended for use by commissioned officers in the Royal ArmyOrdnance Corps - which handled storage and transport of munitions. As officers' equipment they were not issue, but were available through the ROAC depot supply system, having been manufactured according to contract. Not quite 'private purchase', which implies that officers could have bought them 'to pattern' on individual order from suppliers of their choosing.

According to Brayley and Ingram Uniforms of the WW2 Tommy (page 122) they were not popular. Officers in other arms of service may have 'borrowed' them They should not be confused in B&W photgraphs with the motorcyclists' boots ('don-R boots') that have similar uppers but a different toe and are black (but this may not show). Here's another pair:

Old-Salt

May I observe that these are Ordnance Officers boots, and were intended for use by commissioned officers in the Royal ArmyOrdnance Corps - which handled storage and transport of munitions. As officers' equipment they were not issue, but were available through the ROAC depot supply system, having been manufactured according to contract. Not quite 'private purchase', which implies that officers could have bought them 'to pattern' on individual order from suppliers of their choosing.

According to Brayley and Ingram Uniforms of the WW2 Tommy (page 122) they were not popular. Officers in other arms of service may have 'borrowed' them They should not be confused in B&W photgraphs with the motorcyclists' boots ('don-R boots') that have similar uppers but a different toe and are black (but this may not show). Here's another pair: